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ὀλισθάνω

ὀλισθάνω, to slip, slip and fall

ὀλισθ-άνω (also ὀλισθ-αίνω Arist. Pr. 936a15, 939a26, A.R. 1.377, etc., but never in good Att.): fut. ὀλισθήσω LXX Pr. 14.19, Nonn. D. 36.458: pf. ὠλίσθηκα Hp. Art. 57, 65: plpf. ὠλισθήκειν (v. infr. II.1): aor. ὠλίσθησα AP 9.125, Str. Chr. 4.8 (p.476 Kr.), etc.; 3 pl. ὠλίσθησαν Nic. Fr. 74.51 (codd. Ath., ὠλίσθηναν cj. Schn.); part. fem. ὀλισθήνασα Id. Al. 89: but in classical Att. always aor. 2 ὤλισθον, part. ὀλισθών, inf. ὀλισθεῖν (Hom. only in Il., in Ep. 3 sg. ὄλισθε, v. infr.):—
  • slip, fall upon a slippery path, ἔνθʼ Αἴας μὲν ὄλισθε θέων Il. 23.774; ἐκ δέ οἱ ἧπαρ ὄλισθεν his liver fell from him, 20.470; ἐξ ἀντύγων ὤλισθε he slipped from . ., S. El. 746; ὀ. τῆς χειρὸς ὁ σίδηρος Arist. Mech. 854a19; νηὸς ὀλισθών AP 9.267 (Phil.); ὐ. εἴσω, ἔξω, of a bone, slip out of the socket on one side or the other, Hp. Fract. 14, 37; θαυμαστὰ γὰρ τὸ τόξον ὡς ὀλισθάνει slips, loses its force, S. Fr. 960: metaph., ὀ. εἰς νοῦσον AP 7.233 (Apollonid.); ἐς Ἅιδου IG 14.1642; in moral sense, make a slip, Ar. Ra. 690; in literary sense, εἰς τερατώδεις ὀ. ἀναπλασμούς Metrod. Herc. 831.5.
      • 2 slip or glide along, ὀ. ἐν τῷ λάβδα ἡ γλῶττα Pl. Cra. 427b; βέλος διὰ σαρκὸς ὄλισθεν Theoc. 25.230.
    • II causal, sprain by slipping, ὠλισθήκει τὸν γλουτόν Philostr. VA 3.39, cf. Gym. 14.
      • 2 make to slip, τὰς διανοίας LXX Si. 3.24.

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